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Case study describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2013 Housing Innovation Award Winner in Phoenix, AZ that scored HERS 58 without PV and HERS 38 with PV.
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Case study describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2013 Housing Innovation Award Winner in Ellenton FL that scored HERS 53 without PV and HERS 23 with PV.
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Case study describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2014 Housing Innovation Award winner in the marine climate that scored HERS 43 without PV and 13 with PV.
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Case study describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2013 Housing Innovation Award winning custom home in Downers Grove IL that scored HERS 35 without PV.
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Case study describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2014 Housing Innovation Award winner that scored HERS 55 without PV and 15 with PV.
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Case study describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2013 Housing Innovation Award Winner in Ithaca, NY, that scored HERS 50 without PV.
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Case study describing an energy efficient retrofit project in hot-humid climates.
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Case study describing a new construction building project of 20 luxury homes in northern New Jersey that were more energy efficient than ENERGY STAR and met the 50% energy savings requirements of the federal tax credit for new homes.
Case Study
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Case study describing new home construction in the marine climate that achieved 50% savings over the 2004 IECC.
Reference
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Guidebook providing useful examples of high performance retrofit techniques for the building enclosure of wood frame residential construction in a cold and somewhat wet climate.
Case Study
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Case study describing the design and testing of 10 high-performance homes in Farmington, Connecticut.
Information Guide
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Information guide describing things to consider before attempting air sealing, insulating, and equipment retrofits in a home that has combustion appliances located within the home.
Case Study
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Case study describing the Green Home 3 project, which achieved a 44% whole-house energy savings over the Building America New Construction B10 Benchmark, DOE Zero Energy Ready Home certification, and National Green Building Standard Gold-level certification.
Case Study
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Case study describing a new home construction project in Florida.
Reference
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Report about a project with successful integration of numerous energy-conservation and renewable-energy features into a beautiful, comfortable, and very energy-efficient off-grid home.
Case Study
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Case study describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2014 Housing Innovation Award winner that scored HERS 69 without PV and -1 with PV.
Guide
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Guide describing how to conduct testing for adequate combustion air in the space where a combustion appliance is located if the appliance is located within the conditioned space of the home.
Case Study
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Case study describing a retrofit project in the marine climate.
Case Study
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Case study describing a four-square Concord home retrofitted by Building Science Corporation in Massachusetts.
Reference
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Report describing the design and construction of a highly energy efficient community of ten duplexes in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
Guide
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Guide describing the installation of a tankless hot water heater to provide domestic hot water that is heated on demand without the standby losses associated with tank storage water heaters.
Guide
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Guide describing oil-fired boilers and hot water heat distribution systems used for home heating.
Guide
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Guide describing design and installation considerations for combined space and water heating systems using a tankless on-demand water heater, a hydronic heating coil and air handler, and optional cooling coil.
Guide
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Guide describing water metering of individual dwelling units in multi-family buildings.
Guide
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Guide describing strategies for purging air in existing steam heating systems in multifamily buildings.
Guide
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Guide describing strategies for effectively deploying integrated consumer heat pump water heaters (HPWH) in multifamily buildings.
Guide
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Guide describing the need to install a plumbing and wiring chase for a future solar hot water installation.